Biography
South Korean vocalist, dancer, and performer Lee Taemin, widely recognized by the stage name TAEMIN, draws heavily from hip-hop and R&B traditions while maintaining his central role in the K-pop act Shinee. After several chart-leading projects with the band, he launched his solo career in 2014 via the EP Ace. His debut studio album, Press It, also reached the summit of the Korean album ranking, and he balanced group and individual work through the remainder of the decade, scoring consecutive number-one releases with Shinee’s The Story of Light and his own Want. Further solo and band efforts returned him to the top of the domestic chart, first with the 2020 release Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 and then with Shinee’s 2021 LP Don’t Call Me, before a run of solo EPs that consistently landed inside the Top Five, capped by 2024’s Eternal.
Born in Seoul in 1993, TAEMIN gained early visibility upon becoming a Shinee member in 2008. In addition to extensive touring and recording commitments with the group, he took on acting roles in multiple television series and supplied the voice of Johnny the Koala for the 2011 animated feature The Outback. His first solo outing, the 2014 EP Ace, arrived with the Top Five single “Danger.” Subsequent screen work preceded the February 2016 arrival of his first full-length album, Press It, which featured contributions from Bruno Mars on “Press Your Number” and from Shinee colleague Jonghyun on “Already” and immediately topped the Korean chart. That year also marked his initial Japanese venture with Sayonara Hitori (Solitary Goodbye); a Korean edition followed in his home market and yielded the hit “Goodbye.” Before year’s end, Shinee secured another number-one placement with 1 of 1.
TAEMIN issued his second studio set, Move, in 2017 along with the year-end repackage Moving. In 2018 Shinee delivered the chart-topping EP trilogy The Story of Light, while TAEMIN released his Japanese-language debut album Taemin, which climbed to number two. He soon returned to Korean-language material with the EP Want. Another EP, Famous, surfaced in 2019, followed in 2020 by the full-length Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1—his third studio album—which reached number one, while its companion Act 2 peaked at number two. Early the next year Shinee again led the chart with Don’t Call Me.
As a solo artist TAEMIN continued issuing EPs that reached the Top Five without producing another full-length album. His third EP, Advice, appeared in May 2021 and featured production from Cutfather, PhD, Ryan Jhun, and additional contributors; it rose to number two on the Korean album chart and number 14 on Billboard’s World Albums chart. After completing military service he returned with October 2023’s Guilty, which peaked at number four domestically and carried a title track that entered the Top 20. From the August 2024 self-produced EP Eternal, the single “Sexy in the Air” reached number nine, while the project itself attained number two. Throughout this period Shinee sustained their strong chart presence, placing their LP Hard at number two.
Born in Seoul in 1993, TAEMIN gained early visibility upon becoming a Shinee member in 2008. In addition to extensive touring and recording commitments with the group, he took on acting roles in multiple television series and supplied the voice of Johnny the Koala for the 2011 animated feature The Outback. His first solo outing, the 2014 EP Ace, arrived with the Top Five single “Danger.” Subsequent screen work preceded the February 2016 arrival of his first full-length album, Press It, which featured contributions from Bruno Mars on “Press Your Number” and from Shinee colleague Jonghyun on “Already” and immediately topped the Korean chart. That year also marked his initial Japanese venture with Sayonara Hitori (Solitary Goodbye); a Korean edition followed in his home market and yielded the hit “Goodbye.” Before year’s end, Shinee secured another number-one placement with 1 of 1.
TAEMIN issued his second studio set, Move, in 2017 along with the year-end repackage Moving. In 2018 Shinee delivered the chart-topping EP trilogy The Story of Light, while TAEMIN released his Japanese-language debut album Taemin, which climbed to number two. He soon returned to Korean-language material with the EP Want. Another EP, Famous, surfaced in 2019, followed in 2020 by the full-length Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1—his third studio album—which reached number one, while its companion Act 2 peaked at number two. Early the next year Shinee again led the chart with Don’t Call Me.
As a solo artist TAEMIN continued issuing EPs that reached the Top Five without producing another full-length album. His third EP, Advice, appeared in May 2021 and featured production from Cutfather, PhD, Ryan Jhun, and additional contributors; it rose to number two on the Korean album chart and number 14 on Billboard’s World Albums chart. After completing military service he returned with October 2023’s Guilty, which peaked at number four domestically and carried a title track that entered the Top 20. From the August 2024 self-produced EP Eternal, the single “Sexy in the Air” reached number nine, while the project itself attained number two. Throughout this period Shinee sustained their strong chart presence, placing their LP Hard at number two.
Albums
Navillera, Pt. 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
2021
Famous
2019
Taemin
2018
Flame Of Love
2017
Sayonara Hitori
2016
Singles
